Overview
- The five-year initiative carries a pledged investment of about ₹10,000 crore and targets roughly 1,000 high-skilled deep-tech jobs.
- The purpose-built district will combine AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, research labs, innovation clusters, and an Institute for AI in Governance.
- Officials said the park is planned on land identified near IIT Madras in Chennai, with data centres set to host government datasets.
- The MoU was announced in the presence of Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, Industries Minister T. R. B. Rajaa, IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti, and Sarvam AI co-founder Pratyush Kumar.
- Leaders framed the project as a public-interest AI ecosystem with sectoral applications in education, agriculture, healthcare, and citizen services, including Tamil-first foundational models envisioned as a modern “Digital Sangam.”